Burma's Cardinal, Charles Bo excoriates leaders of illegal military coup who fail in their responsibilities to the country's people.He says they have... Burma's Cardinal, Charles Bo excoriates leaders of illegal military coup who fail in their responsibilities to the country's ... Continue reading →
In his speech on the 31st August justifying the American withdrawal from Afghanistan President Biden used these crucial sentences: "This decision about Afghanistan is not just about Afghanistan. It's about ending an era of major military operations to remake other countries." Let us hope so. Let us hope other countries follow suit. There have been many terrible things which have happened in the World since the end of the Second World War in 1945 to "remake" other countries of force them to revert to a former status quo.. The victorious Western Powers have not been responsible for all of them, ...
As always, a mixed bag of results for the by-elections this week. In three by-elections, we gained under 10% of the vote. But Newshound takes his hat off to Jacqueline Fuchshuber who gained a seat on Northampton Town Council by just seven votes. A win is a win, another Lib Dem win. Calderdale MBC, Park - 2nd September 2021 Labour retains the seat. Thanks to Javed Bashir for flying the flag for the Lib Dems. Labour - 1980 [82.9%, +26.1] Conservative - 212 [8.9%, +3.9] Green - 137 [5.7%, +2.8] Lib Dem (Javed Bashir) - 60 [2.5%, +2.5] Cheshire East ...
CONTENT WARNING: DISCUSSION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT Second paragraph of third chapter (Sunday 22 April 1945): Halsbrecherischer Treppenabstieg. Ich blieb einmal mit dem Absatz an einer Stufenkante hängen. Todesschreck, konnte mich eben noch am Geländer fangen. Weiter, mit weichen Knien. Ich suchte und tastete lange und herzklopfend in dem stockfinsteren Gang herum, bis ich die Hebel der Kellertür fand. A breakneck rush down the stairs. I was scared to death when my heel got caught on the edge of a step. I barely managed to grab hold of the railing in time. My knees went weak, but I went on, heart ...
Current Blood of Atlantis, by Simon Forward Hurricane Fever, by Tobias S. Buckell The Return of the Discontinued Man, by Mark Hodder Last books finished The Mists of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley Angel of Mercy, by Julianne Todd, Claire Bartlett and Iain McLaughlin Zodiac Station, by Tom Harper Jack, by Marilynne Robinson Next books Felaheen, by Jon Courtenay Grimwood The Bloodline Feud, by Charles Stross
[IMG: Runner / trainer / shoe (Free stock photo from https://stock.adobe.com/)] It will be necessary to close various roads in The Leas area of Folkestone to allow the Cancer Research UK Race for Life event. The following roads will be closed to through traffic between 10:30 and 14:00: Cliff Road Dixwell Road Metropole Road West Metropole Road East The Leas (between the junctions with Metropole Road and Earls Avenue) Clifton Gardens The alternative route for westbound traffic is via West Terrace, Bouverie Place, Bouverie Square, Middelburg Square, Bouverie Road West, Castle Hill Avenue, Sandgate Road. As part of this order, ...
Do you remember how, during the 2019 General Election PM Johnson lied to us? Of course you do, but the lie that I am particularly referring to is the one about social care. He told us that he had proposals ... Continue reading →
Thu, 12:56: Labour's lost future: the inside story of a 20-year collapse https://t.co/RUrR5pOeey Fascinating long read on how the UK Labour Party got to where it is. Thu, 18:48: A Tale of Two Time Lords, by Jody Houser, Roberta Ingranata & Enrica Eren Angiolini https://t.co/Xyr6eOX0Pl Thu, 20:48: Exploring the future beyond cyberpunk's Neon and Noir https://t.co/IrtlKWT9HU Nine types of contemporary SF. (Article from 2018, but still valid.) Fri, 06:30: RT @DoctorWhoFanCa1: Here are the 1st Doctor stories ranked with their respective scores. #DoctorWho #DoctorWhoRankings #1stDoctor https://... Fri, 06:30: RT @DoctorWhoFanCa1: Here are the 2nd Doctor stories ranked with their respective ...
This Tory government's failure to secure a proper post-Brexit trade deal with the EU is costing the country dear both in terms of jobs and our balance of trade. As the Guardian reports, exports of food and drink to the EU have suffered a "disastrous" decline in the first half of the year because of Brexit trade barriers, with sales of beef and cheese hit hardest. They say that Food and Drink Federation (FDF) producers lost £2bn in sales, a dent in revenue that could not be compensated for by the increased sales in the same period to non-EU countries ...
Three principal authority council by-elections this week. all in northern England. A full slate too of Liberal Democrat candidates, up on the last time these seats were contested and making it three weeks in a row now of there being a Lib Dem candidate for every vacancy. That's a welcome sign of our grassroots recovery to go with rising poll ratings. Our first result tonight is the first of two from Calderdale MBC. Ryburn Ward Conservative 1188 53.6% (+25.4) Labour 798 36.0% (+24.8) Green 163 7.4% (+0.9) LIB DEM Peter Wilcock 66 3.0% (-0.9) Conservative GAIN from Independent pic.twitter.com/rAnVhBG766 — ...
Responding to Sajid Javid's call for a 2% rise in national insurance to pay for social care. Munira Wilson MP, Lib Dem Spokesperson for Health and Social Care, said: "This is an unfair and unjust way to reform social care. It will hit the youngest and the lowest paid whilst protecting the wealthiest. "Sajid Javid is putting the burden on the same people who have been hardest hit by the pandemic, and Boris Johnson has today broken his manifesto promise not to raise taxes. "Has it really taken all this time, to make a decision to rip-off the people who ...
From the City Council : Dundee City Council proposes to make an Order under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose of facilitating City Fibre cable installation works. The Order is expected to be in force for 4 weeks from 8 September 2021. Its maximum duration in terms of the Act is eighteen months. The effect of the Order is to prohibit temporarily all vehicular traffic in (1) Glamis Drive between Glamis Road and Invergowrie Drive, (2) Hillside Terrace between Hillside Road and Hillside Drive, (3) Hillside Drive between Hillside Terrace and Hillside Road, (4) ...
In this article, Tracey Huffer writes about the growing threat to Ludlow Youth Centre. That threat began in 2014, when Philip Dunne MP and the then portfolio holder for young people, Gwilym Butler, visited a youth club session to brief the youngsters about the decision to convert half the building into offices. Rarely have I seen two politicians so out of their comfort zone and that evening reduced the political stature of both men. But that was the start of Shropshire Council's campaign to reduce the use of Ludlow Youth Centre and now, we fear, to close it all together. ...
"Biden labelling Afghanistan 'the graveyard of empires' is, at best, historically illiterate and, at worst, utterly self-serving. It not only negates thousands of years of Afghanistan's history as a flourishing centre of civilisation, but also - in an act of supreme imperial hubris - shifts the blame for U.S. failures there onto the land and people of Afghanistan themselves." Alexander Hainy-Khaleel takes issue with the Western perceptions of the country. "As in many other countries, most of the research funding in Norway comes from the government. Thereby, the government funds all stages of research production, but must then pay again ...
